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it's a common misapprehension that the queen would have to
lay any eggs that appeared on the Sulaco, when it seems to me to be far more plausible that she simply
carried them with her when she escaped the hive.
having the eggs on board, and presumably a few minutes to herself when ripley goes for the cargo-loader, it would be a simple thing for the queen to stick them in out-of-the-way places to hatch later.
as for one of the eggs being close to the cryo-tubes, i don't recall the movie ever actually showing the egg and the cryo-tubes together in the same scene, either in one frame, or in one tracking-shot (though it's certainly possible that i'm wrong about this); the entire opening credits are a series of short, single, discrete and discontinuous shots, one after another.
this is the only shot of the egg on the Sulaco that i recall:
i don't know where this is on the ship, but it seems to be at least arguable that it is where the queen stuck it when ripley went for the loader.
but if
that explanation doesn't suit you, here's a couple of others that might:
1) bishop was in fact a traitor in the same way that ash was in the first movie, and during the time he was alone with the drop-ship he smuggled eggs aboard which he then hid on the sulaco while ripley was attending to hicks before the queen attacked.
this is consistent with his attempts to save ripley and newt as a refinement by the company of his programming - instead of turning psychotic when faced with the contradictory directives of service-to-the-crew and preservation-of-the-alien-organism, bishop helps humans directly whenever possible, and simply attempts to bring back eggs for the company. in short, he may very well have intended to return with specimens while not intending for those specimens to impregnate either newt or ripley.
2) i found this one on a forum - it's long :
What about this for an explanation... Hudson is awoken by the sound of explosions all around him... He looks around him and realises he is bound to the wall by a strange kind of resin, and it front of him he sees a strange leathery object... like an egg or something... except the top is open and it appears empty... also, he can't think why, but there is a terrible taste in his mouth...
Suddenly he realises that he is deep inside the hive and starts to panic, struggling to break free of the binds that hold him against the wall, but to no avail. Suddenly an explosion blows part of the wall away, and he is free from the organic prison. He starts to run, looking constantly for an attack that he is positive is going to happen, but the aliens seem pre occupied with something else, and he is sure that he can hear rounds being fired deep in the hive...
He reaches a set of stairs and dashes to the top, flings opens the door and finds himself outside the colony... He can't believe his luck when he sees the dropship standing outside. He says a prayer of thanks to whichever god is listening, and makes a dash towards the ship.
After climbing aboard he sees Hicks lying slumped in a seat, and sees he is unconcious and has been burned badly. There is no sign of Vasquez, Ripley or the little girl. Hudson staggers to the rear of the ship and, overcome with exhaustion, faints behind a crate of ammo.
He suddenly wakes up, with sweat dripping off his face. He looks around and realises he is still in the dropship. The first thing that hits him is the eerie silence. He stands up and walks toward the front end of the ship. Hicks is nowhere to be seen, and the explosions have stopped. He looks outside - Could it be possible that he is in the ship? He steps out of the dropship - Yes, without a doubt he is back on the Sulaco! He looks around for the other crew, but there are none to be seen... He looks around the Sulaco calling out to Hicks, but he seems to have disappeared. It's strange - the metal grate floor has been lifted up in certain areas, there is a weird sort of white goo covering the ground and one of the powerloaders in missing. After investigating further he is horrified to find Bishops legs lying in the shadows. An accident with some machinery? Not even one of those bugs could have caused that amount of damage to an android...
He checks with the mother computer and finds out that there are four lifesigns on board, Hicks, Ripley, Himself and an unidentified female. They are located in the hypersleep chamber. He heads for the chamber, but even as he does he starts to feel the walls starting to spin around him, and has trouble standing. He reaches the hypersleep chambers as a searing pain swells from inside him, and he falls to the ground, screaming. In a vain attempt he bangs on the glass of the hypersleep chamber, but they sleep on. Hudson feels the stabbing pain from inside grow stronger and his mind flashes back to the first adult colonist they found, and the bug that came out of her. This was happening to him. 'Game over man!' he screams and as an alien queen bursts from his chest, and Hudson falls lifeless to the floor.
The alien queen looks around, sees her host still in spasms. This will be her food for the next few days. Above the host it sees three potentials. The queen takes a bite out of Hudson, to prepare itself for the laying of eggs...
And that is how Alien 3 started.
take 'em or leave 'em, i still think alien 3 is a fantastic film.
- jd
